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Making predictions about next year's starters is always a dicey proposition, but with the way that Broadway Joe Southwick finished his season, I'm at least a little less apt to put the dreaded "OR" at the QB position. Of course, attrition, injuries, or super-secret suspensions could always throw a wrench in the works here...but come on, I'm not Nostradamus. The below chart is my best guess, and should not be used for gambling purposes. I'm throwing in a few true frosh because a) it's happening, and b) LOI day is still a month away, so I thought I'd jinx things.
Way too early 2013 depth chart
OFFENSE
QB: Joe Southwick, Grant Hedrick OR Nick Patti
RB: Jay Ajayi, Jack Fields OR Derrick Thomas
FB: Jamal Wilson, Connor Peters
X receiver: Matt Miller, Aaron Burks
Z receiver: Dallas Burroughs OR Shane WIlliams Rhodes
Slot receiver: Kirby Moore, Jack Austin
TE: Holden Huff OR Gabe Linehan, Hayden Plinke (but for the grace of Coach Pete)
LT: Charles Leno, Steven Baggett
LG: Spencer Gerke OR Marcus Henry
C: Matt Paradis, Mario Yakoo
RG: Jake Broyles, Travis Averill
RT: Rees Odhiambo, ???
DEFENSE
DE: Demarcus Lawrence, Beau Martin
NT: Ricky Tjong-A-Tjoe, Jeff Worthy (see above re: Plinke, Hayden)
DT: Armand Nance, Deuce Mataele
STUD end: Sam Ukwuachu, Sam McCaskill
MLB: Blake Renaud, Ben Weaver
WLB: Tyler Gray, Andrew Pint OR Mat Boesen
N: Corey Bell, Chris Santini OR Jonathan Brown
CB: Bryan Douglas, Ebo Makinde
CB: Donte Deayon, Chaz Anderson
SS: Jeremy Ioane, Dillon Lukehart
FS: Darian Thompson OR Lee Hightower
SPECIAL TEAMS
K: Tyler Rausa, Dan Goodale
P: Trevor Harman, Sean Wale
KO: Dan Goodale, Trevor Harman
Holder: Matt Miller, Grant Hedrick
KR: Dallas Burroughs, Shane Williams-Rhodes
PR: Shane Williams-Rhodes
LS: Kevin Keane
Your turn
Hate to tell you this, but we'll be without live Bronco football for a while. Might as well settle in and join the offseason discussion...we're all in this together.